With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
— Steven Weinberg  ·  Religion

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religion [rɪ'lɪdʒən] 词频1 词根: lig
n. 宗教;支配自己生活的大事;教派;心爱的事物;
💡 relig=rely依赖+ ion 名词后缀 → 用来依赖的 → 宗教；宗教信仰
"Is there always a conflict between science and religion?"
科学和宗教信仰之间是否永远存在着冲突？
近义：creed, faith 反义：godlessness
people ['pipl] 词频1 词根: 公众
n. 人，人类;居民;人民;种族; vt. 居住于，布满;使住满人，在…殖民;把动物放养在;
💡 popul, publ 表”人民”
"I can't abide people with no sense of humour."
我讨厌和没有幽默感的人打交道。
近义：populate, settle, crowd, individuals, persons, folks 反义：person, single, subject, dude, bleeder, bloke
evil ['ivl] 词频1
adj. 邪恶的，罪恶的;有害的;不幸的，不吉的;品行坏的; n. 邪恶，罪恶;坏事，恶行;邪恶的力量、势力或化身;灾祸;
💡 e 加强或引申意义、使…+vil =base （卑劣的） → n.邪恶；祸害 a.坏的
"the evil effects of racism"
种族主义的恶劣影响
近义：ill, infirmity, malady, complaint, affection, disease 反义：goodness, humane, kind, kindhearted, kindly, loyal
doing
n. 行为, 活动
近义：work, handiwork
things
n. 所有物, 财产, 用具, 用品, 局面, 形势, 情况\\n[法] 物
近义：oddments, stuff, doings, articles, etceteras
takes
vt. 取走, 预备动作（take第三人称单数）

🏷 更多「Religion」名言

"The true meaning of religion is thus not simply morality, but morality touched by emotion."
— Matthew Arnold
"Whatever God's dream about man may be, it seems certain it cannot come true unless man cooperates."
— Stella Terrill Mann
"Those who seek consolation in existing churches often pay for their peace of mind with a tacit agreement to ignore a great deal of what is known about the way the world works."
— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
"The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself."
— Sir Richard Francis Burton
"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
— Albert Einstein
"I've often thought the Bible should have a disclaimer in the front saying this is fiction."
— Ian McKellen
"Clergymen have much the same in their breeches as other men."
— Unknown
"The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not."
— Eric Hoffer
"Everybody likes to go their own way--to choose their own time and manner of devotion."
— Jane Austen
"The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then having the two as close together as possible."
— George Burns
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